Usefulness and reliability of tanner pubertal self-rating to Urban black adolescents in South Africa

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 609-624

  Norris, Shane A ^a,c   Richter, Linda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MRC Mineral Metabolism Research Unit   (South Africa)

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EID: 30444443780     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2005.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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